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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Erin Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Erin Corner and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Erin Corner:
- 45.079440, -92.436709
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Erin Corner
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Saint Croix County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Croix County
- Since Erin Corner is near Polk County and also Dunn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dunn County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Erin Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Erin Corner ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Boardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Boardman is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Centerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Clear Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cylon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cylon is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylon
- Deer Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Emerald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Emerald is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Emerald Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Emerald Station is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Station
- Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Hersey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Horse Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Little Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Star Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Wildwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Erin Corner to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Erin Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Erin Corner and extending to:
- Hudson, which is the Seat of Saint Croix County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Erin Corner to Hudson, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 204 miles [328.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 896 miles [1,442 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,851 miles [7,806.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Erin Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <3> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Erin Corner to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Erin Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0794, Longitude: -92.4367 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.71 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.506 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.162 degrees. |
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